Boat anchor handling means



Apnl 22, 1958 H. A. scr-HELE 2,831,450

BOAT ANCHOR HANDLING MEANS Filed July 12. 1954 2,831,450 BOAT ANCHORHANDLING MEANS Herman A. Schiele, Chicago, lll.

Application July 12, 19s4,seria1No. 442,610

1 claim. (ci. 114-210) The invention relates to devices for manipulatinganchors for boats.

One object of the invention is to provide a device which can beconveniently manipulated to place the anchor aboard the boat.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which can beconveniently manipulated for releasing the anchor into its operativeposition.

Other objects will appear from the detailed description.

The invention Vconsists in the several novelfeatures hereinafter setforth and more particularly dened by the claim at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the anchor-manipulating device with theanchor suspended in lowering it to or raising it from the bottom of thebody of water;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section illustrating the anchor selfretained aboardthe boat;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section with the anchor in a position it assumeswhile it is raised onto or being lowered from the boat;

Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4 4 of Fig. l;

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the pivoted device for guiding the shankof the anchor around the sheave.

The invention is exemplied with an anchor which includes a body a of themushroom type and a cylindrical shank b having one of its ends rigidlysecured to a mushroom head and a line or cable c having one of its endshitched to a loop or edge d which is pivotally connected to the free endof the shank, and its other end extended for tying to a cleat or anysuitable part of the boat to cause the boat to be held by the anchor andrope when the anchor is caught on the bottom of a body of water.

The invention comprises a means for controlling the anchor duringlowering and lifting operations, which includes a sheave lil which has aperipheral concave groove 11 in which the cable cis guided, a bracketwhich is xedly secured on a suitable part, such as a portion of the bowof a boat e, a pivot pin 12 in said bracket and on which the sheave isjournalled. This bracket comprises a flat rearwardly ared member 14which is secured by screws 15 to the boat, an upwardly and forwardlyinclined member 16 which overhangs the bow of the boat and a pair ofintegral upstanding ears 17 in the upper portions of which the pin 12 ismounted. The cable c extends around the upper front portion of sheave10. One end of cable c is hitched as at 18 to an eye or link 19 which ispivotally connected to the free end of shank b of the anchor, and itsother end is extended so that it may be tied to any available part or acleat on the boat when the anchor is dropped.

The device provided for controlling the movements of the anchorresponsive to the manual manipulation of cable c, comprises: an arm,generally designated 2t) which is pivotally supported by pin 12. The arm20 comprises: a pair of transversely spaced side members 2l ttingbetween the upstanding ears 17 of the bracket which is United StatesPatent C secured on the boat and an integral transverse member 22between side members 21. The pin 12 on which the sheave 10 is journalledextends through the side members 21 and permits the arm 20 to swingvertically and concentrically of the sheave 10. The transverse member 22is provided with an opening or eye 23 through which the cable c extendsand which is of suicient area for the passage of the shank b throughmembers 22 to and from the sheave 10. The rim of eye or opening 23 iscurved in cross section to direct the upper end of the shank into saideye and is also adapted to be engaged by the shank after its upper endhas been pulled above the eye for swinging the` arm 20 to guide theshank around and over the sheave in response to a pull upon cable b. Theinner side of transverse member 22 of arm 20 has an abutment 25 forengaging the bracket on the boat, limiting the downward pivotal movementof arm 20 and positioning eye 23 for guiding the shank to engage thesheave 10 in response to a pull on cable c after the anchor has droppedbelow said arm. In lowering the anchor after it has been raised over thesheave, the anchor will be shifted forwardly around the sheave until theanchor drops oil the sheave and is suspended on the cable, as shown inFig. l. During this manipulation of the anchor around the sheave, theshank b will be guided by eye 23 to move downwardly around the sheaveand will swing the arm 2i) downwardly until it is arrested by abutment2.5'. As the lowering of the cable is continued, the shank b will dropaway from sheave 10 and below eye 23, and the cable will extend from thesheave and through said eye for lowering the anchor to any desiredextent. Flared extensions 24 on the side members 21 of arm 2b areadapted to engage the ears 17 on the bracket on the boat to limit'theupward and rearward pivotal movement of the arm 20 relatively to saidbracket. These extensions 24 arrest the pivotal movement of the arm 20after the upper end of shank b has shifted arm 20 into the positionshown in Fig. 2. Continued rearward pull on the cable will then roll theshank rearwardly on the sheave until head a of the anchor is arrested bythe sheave and the shank extends into the position shown in Fig. 2. Theweight of the shank b will then be disposed to self-retain the anchor onthe boat.

A characteristic of the invention is that the anchor can be manipulatedfrom its lowered position into selfretained position on the boat by apull on the cable, and released from said position to drop by a pull onthe cable. This makes it possible, for example, when fishing, for theuser to raise and lower the anchor from any portion on the boat by themanipulation of the free end of the cable and to dispense with manuallyreleasable locking devices for the cable.

The operation will be as follows: One end of cable c may be tied to theboat at any point within reach of the user of` the boat. The cable willextend from its tied end to and around the upper and front portion ofsheave 10 and through eye 23 in arm 20 to the free end of shank b of theanchor holding on the bottom of the body of water so that the boat willbe prevented from drifting. When the boat is anchored and it is desiredto anchor the boat in a diterent location, the anchor can be raised ontothe boat and lowered by manipulation of the free end of the cable c. Apull upon the cable c will initially hoist the anchor off the bottomuntil it is suspended by the cable from sheave 10. During further pullon the cable, the free end of shank b will pass through eye 23 and intoengagement with the front of the sheave 1t), as shown in Fig. 3. Duringfurther pull on the cable, the shank-engaging eye 23 will rock arm 20and guide the shank around and over the sheave until said arm isarrested in the position shown in Fig. 2 by the engagement of flaredextensions 24 with the ears es '17 on thebracket on Vthe boat. cablewill Ibe lrearward on the shank'and vapplied to `roll it rearwardly onthe sheave until the head of the anchor is arrested by the sheave, Thecenter of gravity of the anchor will then be rearward ofthe sheave. 'Thecable is then released so that the shank b will drop onto the bracket onthe boat, and the anchor will overlie the sheave and be self-retained onthe boat. When it is desired to drop the anchor, the user will apply anupward pull or Vyank on the free end of the cable which will rock theanchor on the sheave and incline the shank 'forwardly and downwardly sothe head of the anchor will cause the shank to roll forwardly on thesheave until the free end of the shank moves oit the sheave, slidesdownwardly through eye 23 and the anchor is free to drop.

The'invention exempliiies a device for lowering and lifting operationsof the anchor which is operable by a pull on the cable while the end ofthe cable remains tied on the boat. This enables the user to raise orlower the `anchor from any place on the boat within reach of the cable,and dispenses with locking devices which require separate release whenthe anchor is to oe lowered. For example, if the user is fishing fromthe stern or middle ,of the boat, he can raise and lower the anchorwithout changing his location for that purpose.

The invention is not to be understood as restricted to the details setforth since these may be modified within the scope of the appended claimwithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Continued pull on the` Having thus described the invention, what I claimas new and desire to lsecure by Letters Patent is:

A device for raising andflowering a boat anchor which includes a shank,a head, and a cable extending from a boat attached to the free end ofthe shank, comprising: a. bracket mounted on the boat, a sheavejournalled to rotate on the bracket on a substantially horizontal axisand having a periphery engaged by the cable, an arm pivotallysupportedon the bracket, including an eye which swings around the sheave, andthrough which the shank is adapted to be pulled by the cable, said armbeing swingable between a first position wherein said eye is disposedVhorizontally and a second position wherein said eye is disposedsubstantially vertically, stop-means on said arm engageable with saidbracket for holding the eye in said rst position to guide the shank intoengagement with one side of the sheave by a pull upon the cable, andmeans on said arm engageable with said bracket for holding the arm tosupport the eye over the sheave in said second position where a furtherpull on the cable will pull the shank through the eye until the anchoris supported on the upper portion of the sheave.

References Cited in the iile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS377,183 White Jan.,31, 1 888 453,851 Abbott June 9, 1891 2,554,804Amundson May 29, 1951

